I'm interested in By the book, fake it till you bake it, one true loves, bet on it, and you truly assumed *_*

DIVERSITY+ PRETTY COVERS 🥺💙

I can't wait for the Moon Witch, Spider King

and there seems to be a lot interesting books 📚 😍

I plan to revisit The Color Purple.

I initially read it as a kid (pre or early teen). I remember being solely focused on Celie. I can not remember whether I read the book or saw the movie first, but the film certainly moved me. I can remember certain scenes clearly even today, and it has been at least 25 years since I saw them.

So for better or worse, I know whose faces will be in my mind's eye when I reread the novel after all of this time.

The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks. A book that changed my life when I was 13.

My tbr has just gotten bigger by like 30 books and im here for it

The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.!

Finding Me by Ms. Viola Davis is on my list.

It's not new, but I'm really enjoying Invisible Man.

I am reading Will by Will Smith and it is hard for me to put down. It is deeply personal and he doesn't shy away from hard issues, but he has such a great sense of humor and a positive attitude that it doesn't feel so heavy when reading.

I'd also recommend Lote by Shola van Reinhold and Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde.

Scott wrote: "It's not new, but I'm really enjoying Invisible Man."

That's been on my list of books to read for a long time. I need to finally get to it!

There are sooo many that have been added to my "want to read" I have shared this list with my online book club, so they can take a look as well...

Just added a ton of these to my to-read list. I am as well just bookmark the page lmao

Several of these are on my want-to-read list -- and I'd love to win any that are available for giveaways!

Just a reminder of so much more I need to read! This list is great! And so many of these covers are breathtaking!

So many good reads coming my way!

These covers are so gorgeous!! Can't wait to read these!

My recommendations:


^All features African-American history or culture with a seamless engaging story.

Also, my own book if you want to check it out

Thank you for the awesome list... the covers on these are so beautiful. A nice gesture by GoodReads during Black History month, and a reminder that many Black authors don't receive the same promotion as others. I for one am grateful for this compilation, now and as a permanent feature here. Looking forward to digging in!

I appreciate the listing, which is only a smattering of good books by Black authors. I've a massive list but one book I'm looking forward (I think) to reading is Sadeqa Johnson's Yellow Wife (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...).

Anyone looking for science non-fiction should really check out Neil deGrasse Tyson. He writes in a way that, in general, isn't too difficult to understand and usually incorporates a few jokes into his essays and books. I'm currently reading my second book that he published and will definitely be reading more of his work in the future.

Thanks for the list Goodreads.

Aw, I mostly read fantasy and there are only 4 YA fantasy and 1 adult fantasy (that I could tell). I need more Black speculative fiction.

Can anyone tell me which of these are speculative fiction? Not contemporary or romance pls

Will

Such a great list! I'm starting off the month with P Djeli Clark's A Master of Djinn, and I really want to take this time to introduce myself to James Baldwin's work with Go Tell It on the Mountain. Happy reading!

Vanessa wrote: "Aw, I mostly read fantasy and there are only 4 YA fantasy and 1 adult fantasy (that I could tell). I need more Black speculative fiction."

If you are on instagram, there's a great account called @diversespines that has lists of books too... or you could message them and ask!

Karen wrote: "Vanessa wrote: "Aw, I mostly read fantasy and there are only 4 YA fantasy and 1 adult fantasy (that I could tell). I need more Black speculative fiction."

If you are on instagram, there's a great ..."

Thank you!

Chase wrote: "Such a great list! I'm starting off the month with P Djeli Clark's A Master of Djinn, and I really want to take this time to introduce myself to James Baldwin's work with [book:Go T..."

Clark is one of my favorite authors. I hope you enjoy!

I'm excited to read a book by Octavia Butler at some point this month. There are so many Black authors I haven't read but need to read. From this list, I've been anticipating By the Book, I can't wait until it comes out!

The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. It is the best fiction that I've read in a decade-maybe two!

The colours are beautiful!

People Person looks good too! I loved Queenie by the same author

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Good list!

"Slaves, in their own words". Best book ever!!

Check out the links below for our chat with couple of authors whose books you should be reading this Black History Month Tricia Elam Walker and Gayle Jessup White

might be reading some:)

"You Don't Know Us Negroes" by Thurston and "Black Girls Must Be Magic". The reading of more Zora Neale Thurston is long overdue on my part. "Black Girl Magic" was previously on my list because someone that I am following read it.

Catherine wrote: "The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. It is the best fiction that I've read in a decade-maybe two!"

Catherine wrote: "The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. It is the best fiction that I've read in a decade-maybe two!"

This is on my list also.

Andrew wrote: "I'd also recommend Lote by Shola van Reinhold and Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde."

I'm loving Lote! Gonna check out Vagabonds!

I’m well into Visions of a Better World: Howard Thurman's Pilgrimage to India and the Origins of African American Nonviolence, because I read that Howard Thurman had a big influence on MLK and the dream of the Beloved Community. Wow, the man was brilliant! Early on he questioned why ‘negroes’ would have anything to do with Christianity, the religion of the slave master, and came to relate to the story of Jewish oppression by the Romans as Jesus experienced it as opposed to the religion of Paul, a middle class Roman. He went on to say that to the extent that organized religion made its peace with the powerful of the earth, it was a peace made against underprivileged minorities.

I’m at the point in the biography where he has been asked to be the chairman of Negro Delegation of the Student Christian Movement (YMCA & YWCA) delegation to India, Ceylon, and Burma. It was during the course of this journey that he met Gandhi.

Really recommend this book if you’re interested in the roots of non-violence in this country. And to learn about a brilliant, deeply spiritual man.

Dedra Muhammad

Hidden Princess is a cultural explosion filled with the rich history of a "dead people" who didn't know they were divine. Set mostly during the transition between the Reconstruction Era-Great Depression #Historical Romance

Nyssa wrote: "I plan to revisit The Color Purple.

I initially read it as a kid (pre or early teen). I remember being solely focused on Celie. I can not remember whether I read the book or saw ..."
I love this idea. I also read it early in high school and feel like revisiting it would bring out a new perspective on it now that I am a mother and so much older and wiser ;)

Has this book 'Yinka, where is your huzband' been released? The GR page says that it came out in January but Amazon tells me that the Kindle version will release on March 31st.

Memphis is fantastic!

All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle is a wonderful novel about a elderly man trying to deal with his loneliness, set against his history (and that of the Windrush generation) as a Caribbean man who moved to the UK for the promise of a better life.

Thank you for this, Goodreads!